Ryan Ripken

And when I finished playing, I realized I love working with people.

I have the gift of gab is what my mom says.

And my dad, I can talk with the best of them.

Probably need to shut up more, to be honest.

But I enjoy it, and I love it.

And honestly, I'm glad you noticed the name tag before I even got there.

Because, Rob, you know why it started?

Why I even started this media was because I got told starting off two things.

One, we like you, but we don't like you enough to give you more chances.

And two, are you going to be committed enough?

And it kind of hurts your feelings initially when someone says, we like you, but we're not going to pay you more.

And the other part was, you know, how committed and all I've done my entire life for playing.

And and even though it didn't work out the way I wanted to, you know, I got to the triple A level.

I was committed.

I busted my ass training.

We're talking about getting back the bunnies for the.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I trained my ass off.

My parts, I would say, were more mental and physical that held me back as a player because I couldn't get out of my head.